Human Trafficking Sociology

Human trafficking has been around since the early ages of society but it was not until the early 21st century that it grew out of control and finally became acknowledged. Multiple foundations are created to help find and protect victims, and countless blockbuster movies have revolved around human trafficking like Taken. This movie is about a girl who goes to Europe to follow her favorite band, and while she is at the first stop –Paris– she and her friend are abducted and her father goes all around France to find his daughter. Discounting the compelling plot line, the movie sheds light on the dark cloud that encompasses sex trafficking. The girls in the movie and the ones in real life are both put on drug highs so that when they are being abused they do not feel or remember anything. Nations all around the world must stand up and educate the public on the cruelty of this crime, and the effects it has on the victims later in life. To understand this crime better, the public should learn about the children, men, and women that are trafficked every year and about the various psychological hardships that are left behind as
In her article “Risk Factors For Mental Disorders In Women Survivors of Human Trafficking; A Historical Cohort Study”, Dr. Melanie Abas writes about how both trafficked men and women in human trafficking display mental traumas characterised by physical and sexual violence. Dr. Abas also addresses the ways in which society can be a very important stress factor because of the discrimination victims of human trafficking can receive. In older studies previous before this one it was noted that, “high levels of of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [were found] among women survivors of human